Is Ryan the best they got?

[bigdarryl]

If so there in more trouble than I though he's a DICK HEAD!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/25/paul-ryans-rebuttal-fact-check_n_814060.html

[Jennicut]

1. And he looks like Eddie Munster and a douche bag.

He creeped me out last night. Let's face it...most Repubs are creepy and come off horrible on tv in comparison to President Obama.

[my2sense]

2. Yes- he did have a hard act to follow

Our POTUS has the demeanor, looks and oratory skills that the republicans can't match.

[LiberalFighter]

3. If you are talking about the best that Republicans have? Yes!

If you are talking about the best that Janesville, Wisconsin has. No!

Paul Ryan and Russ Feingold both graduated from Craig High School in Janesville. Russ I believe in 1971 while Paul around 1988.

[dkf]

4. Chris Christie turned it down.

[karynnj]

6. So his people leaked

But, he would have had a similar problem. His style is that of a bully, with the power of office behind him, and it would have contrasted poorly with Obama's grace. Where the SOTU response can be a big attention getter for someone up and coming, it can also backfire - as it did for Jindal. (NJ gov Whitman became a star because of her response back in the Clinton years, before she self destructed.)

[dkf]

7. Yet he is pretty popular in a blue state.

Just saying that Ryan doesn't seem to have been 1st choice.

[karynnj]

9. As a NJ resident, his popularity is declining

and he was recently polled as tied at 42% each with Corey Boker, Newark's mayor. In fact, people looking at the details saw that Boker would likely win as there were far more unsure among the Democrats, reflecting that Bocker is not that well known.

Earlier, when polled against Obama in NJ (if he ran for President, he lost by 17 points. He oddly may face the same dilemma Romney had in 2006 - had he run for re-election he likely would have lost. Therefore he quit and ran for President in 2008.

In my very republican county, Christie is beginning to lose support among my Republican neighbors.

[Dokkie]

5. he is the choosen one

this is a guy who is an identical copy of McCain and someone gets accepted as a Fiscal conservatives. He has no credibility as a conservative and he also a warmonger.

-Voted YES on TARP (2008)
-Voted YES on Economic Stimulus HR 5140 (2008)- Bush stimulus but not Obamas
-Voted YES on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler. (Dec 2008)
-Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul 2009)
-Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005).

[ellenfl]

8. i thought he was barely better than jindal . . . but then, i'm biased. eom

[Ramulux]

10. Yes, and he is very dangerous

He can speak mostly gaffe free, is able to form complete sentences and gives off a reasonable moderate vibe while supporting the most extreme far-right policies there are. The beltway loves him and considers him a real intellectual policy wonk with the courage to say what no one else will say. This dude is scary, like Marco Rubio he is able to walk the line between establishment and tea party really well and the press love him. This guy is like something out of 1984.